Thanksgiving in Ft. Worth

The Linda Poling clan had a great time celebrating Thanksgiving in Ft. Worth this year. Jeff did a crab boil in the freezing weather, while Mom prepared lots of yummy sides and desserts. Carly and Conrad entertained us all. I've been instructed by Carly to take her American Girl wish list directly to Santa. The list kept getting longer as the day progressed! Conrad is going to be the smartest kid in our family, as proven by him telling us, "That's not funny!" He's already observed that his mom, grandmother, and aunt all have an odd sense of humor.

It was an interesting end to our day with SNOW! Just as we were all dozing off, mom announced it was snowing. Sure enough, there were great big flakes falling from the sky. Only in Texas can it go from 80 degrees one day to snow the next. Anyway, we had a great Thanksgiving together and wish everyone of the Poling peeps could have joined us!

The Poling Family Curse

So I've been gathering dates in order to properly present the Poling Family Curse.

Here goes: the first born of the Poling family parent is destined to be born in the month of the Poling parent's birthday.

It starts with Walt (born in June) and his firstborn Linda, who was also born in June. Then Linda's firstborn Monica was also born in June. And, lo and behold, Monica's due date for her firstborn is also in June!

Next Stan. His firstborn Robert shares his birth month: October. And then Robert's firstborn, Genevieve, was also born in October. More on this later.

Next Wendy Poling Anderson, who was born in April. Her firstborn, Carson, was also born in April.

Molly and Carly are the only exception. How they were able to escape the curse, we may never know.

I (Wendy Lee) had hoped to escape the curse. Genevieve's due date was September 25. My mother-in-law informed me about the curse about 2 weeks before my due date, but then added "But I'm sure she won't be born in October!" Yep, it was funny then. Until she was a week overdue, and I went into labor with her right at midnight on October 1. The curse lives!

Amarillo Poling blog

Hey everyone,
We have a blog for Genny, Rob and I now. Check it out sometime!
http://thelandofpoling.blogspot.com/
love you all,
W

Pharoah, Pharoah

This is a picture of Wendy buying me a tie for Christmas. She had to fly all the way to London to shop at Harrod's for me, but hey, I'm worth it.

Actually, I'm stepping up in my challenge to post something on the blog and this was the funniest picture I had. I took a picture of the flowers I planted but they just didn't look very flashy. It took me two whole days, I'm sore all over and I got two strange insect bites on my wrist. A lot of work for very little flash!

Funny stories about Mother - One time she washed and dried an adult wool sweater and it came out of the dryer about the size of a baby size one. She just kept holding it up and laughing. She wasn't upset - just thought it was funny. I like to remember her laughing.

Love to you all! Linda